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List of Abbey Lincoln Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 12 inspiring quotes by Abbey Lincoln.

About Abbey Lincoln

  • Born: August 6, 1930
  • Died: August 14, 2010
  • Occupation: Vocalist
    • I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. i would look in there and see if i could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
    People Looks Cabinets
    There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying can you spare a quarter? i come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
    Men Outlook On Life People
    But i've been there and done that. i'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what i ask, it's not as much as madonna makes; not that i want what madonna makes, but i was saying.
    Trying Done Want
    It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, duke ellington, louis armstrong; through max i met a lot of people too. my first album was with benny carter.
    People Albums Max
    We have inherited a great music. this music is a holdover. it comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. it's our memory banks.
    Memories Hair Skins
    I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
    Paint Therapists Couches
    I was in new york, miserable because i was working supper clubs but i wasn't expressing myself. i was really unhappy with my life. i saw max roach again and he told me i didn't have to do things like that. he made me an honest woman on the stage. i have been performing in that tradition since. i feel that i'm a serious performer now whereas then i wanted to be but i didn't know how.
    Music New York Unhappy
    I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. it's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
    Music Thinking Forever
    You can never loose a thing if it belongs to you.
    Ifs
    I am the first instrument. i am the voice. i do not imitate other instruments. other instruments imitate me.
    Music Voice Singing
    Sing a song correctly and you live forever.
    Song Forever Live Forever
    The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.
    Heart World Speak
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